Framework arrangement



Feb. `16, 1937. J. GILLBERG 2,070,655v

FRAMEWORK ARRANGEMENT Filed Feb. 28, 1935 IN VENTR:

Patented Feb. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application February 28, 1935, Serial No. 8,700 In Sweden March 7, 1934 2 Claims.

In common frame-works for oors, wherein the flooring is carried by wood-work, such as beams, planks or battens, which are supported by another rigid support, such as concrete, steel girder flanges, masonry or the like, the known and very disagreeable disadvantage occurs that the ooring by and by will sink owing to the drying and shinkage of the supporting wood-work.

This invention has for its object to reduce to a minimum said disadvantage and this is effected thereby that the wood-work carrying the ooring is supported by the rigid support by means of supporting devices of iron, steel or other suitable material, the lower ends of which rest on the rigid f support, whereas their upper ends are secured to the upper edges of the sides of the wood-work carrying the ilooring by means of supporting attaching means.

Different embodiments of the invention are illustrated on the accompanying drawing.

Figs. 1 and 2 show supporting devices for wooden beams on top of reinforced concrete. If the two supporting legs I are connected by means of a bottom part 2, it will be easy to adjust the girder on the correct level by means of two adjustment wedges 3 before. its attachment. Besides the bottom part 2 together with any occurring supporting flanges 4 helps in better anchoring the girder by means of the load of the floor lling thereon.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 show a supporting device for a wooden girder in the flange of a steel girder. 4 illustrates the foot arrangement for horizontal flange and 5 for inclined ange. The bottom part 2 according to Fig. 1 may of course also be used here.

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 show in different views and in a greater scale details of the attachment of the supporting legs to the sides of the wood-work and their provision, as an alternative, with reinforcement flanges 8. The pressed in supporting tongues 6 are provided for supporting a certain length of the wood-work. Their shape, number and arrangement may vary. 'Ihe holes 1 are prolvided for the attaching nails, screws or bolts,

said rigid supporting structure, attaching means for securing said supporting members to the wooden girders, said attaching means being adapted to carry the load of the ooring and to be secured to the sides of said wooden girders adjacently to the upper edges of the latter for the purpose of reducing to a minimum the settling of the oor due to shrinkage of the wooden girders.

2. Girder arrangement for oors as claimed in claim 1, and wherein such supporting members are arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the wooden girder, the bases of said pairs of connecting members being interconnected by means of a base plate adapted to rest upon the rigid supporting structure.

JOHANNES GILLBERG. 

